Bath caddy



March 13, 1962 R. c. SCHMIDT BATH CADDY Filed June 23, 1959 INVENTOR Roberf C. Schmidi Uite States 3,024,564 BATH CADDY Robert C. Schmidt, 3218 E. Silver Lake, Tucson, Ariz. Filed June 23, 1959, Ser. No. 822,315 1 Claim. (Cl. 45-28) This invention relates to a bath caddy.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a bath caddy which is adapted to be attached to and supported upon the spray nozzle of the shower and elevated above the head thereof to prevent the contents of soap and shampoo bottle of becoming wet.

It is another object of the invention to provide a bath caddy adapted to be mounted upon a shower head so that the soap and shampoo can always be within easy reach of the one taking the shower, and wherein the same is held in front of the one and to eliminate the necessity of having to leave the soap and shampoo on the window ledge or upon the edge of the tub.

It is another object of the invention to provide a bath caddy with a bracket for the securement of the same to the shower arm either above or below the shower head and back or rearwardly of the spray.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a bath caddy in which the parts for retaining and supporting the soap and the bottle of shampoo are adjustably connected to the bracket arm and can be leveled and tightened in place after the clamp arm has been secured tightly in place upon the shower arm.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a bath caddy that can be installed upon shower arm or head, having the above objects in mind, which is of simple construction, easy to adjust, has a minimum number of parts, light in weight, of pleasing appearance, effective and eflicient in use.

For a better understanding of the invention reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the bath caddy and of the bracket arm securing the same to the shower arm above the head thereof,

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the bath caddy and of the securing bracket,

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the shampoo bottle retainer, and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the wire soap container.

Referring now to the figures, 10 represents a shower arm having a shower head 11 thereon. A bottle retainer for the shampoo is made of two rings 12 and 13 held together in spaced relation by vertical supports 14, and on the bottom are the support bars 15 upon which the bottom of the bottle may rest. The ring 13 may have raised formations 16 to hold the bottle in place and against tending to slide in between the rings 12 and 13. On the forward part of the bottle retainer are spaced vertical bars 17 through which an attaching bolt 18 may be extended and secured to a bifurcated attaching bracket 19 and to one arm thereof by tightening a thumb nut 20 upon the screw against a head 21 so that the bottle retainer is held rigidly in place upon the bracket 19.

3,024,564 Patented Mar. 13, 1962 The bracket 19 is clamped about the shower arm 10 and held in its adjusted position thereupon by fastening bolt 22 securing loop 23 of the bracket arm tightly about the shower arm pipe.

A soap retainer is also formed of wire as shown in FIG. 4 and is provided with a back portion 25, bottom wires 26 and a front ledge or raised portion 27. Spaced vertical members 28 are used to receive the bolt 18 which extends through the other side of the bracket 19 and the soap support is held in its adjusted position upon the bracket arm by a thumb nut 29 against a nut 30 on the end of the bolt 18. The soap is supported upon the bottom members 26 by placing the soap upon edge thereupon.

It will be seen that both the bottle retainer and the soap retainer are independent units and that by means of a bifurcated bracket they can be individually connected to the bracket and adjusted independent of one another by loosening the thumb nuts 20 and 29 to permit the same to be rotated thereon. It will also be that the bracket 19 can be adjusted and turned upon the shower head arm 10. With the bath caddy mounted upon the shower arm the soap and shampoo is held well above the spray head 11 so as to keep from becoming wet.

While various changes may be made in the detailed construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A bath caddy and bracket structure for adjustably mounting on a shower arm and comprising, a bifurcated bracket forming a loop at one end and adjustably secured about the shower arm, and terminating with spaced arms at the other end, said arms maintained in a spaced relationship by a bolt extending horizontally through said other ends, a bottle holder comprising two rings spaced one above the other and connected by vertical supports, two of said vertical supports disposed in a close parallel relationship with each other and adapted to locate in a rotative and vertical displacement relationship on one end of said bolt, a soap rack having further spaced vertical supports, two of said further spaced vertical supports disposed in a close parallel relationship with each other and adapted to locate in a rotative and vertical displacement relationship onthe other end of said bolt, and wing nuts retaining said bottle holder and said soap rack on the ends of the bolt.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 604,803 Strauss May 31, 1898 1,227,318 Riker May 22, 1917 1,339,018 Boyce May 4, 1920 1,608,928 Dennis Nov. 30, 1926 2,006,980 Anderson July 2, 1935 2,390,737 Prosser Dec. 11, 1945 2,564,476 Fregan Aug. 14, 1951 

